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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

But not to worry: the
Department of Education isn't "Islamophobic." They're also watching
those highly dangerous Orthodox Jews and Plymouth Brethren.

"Extremism unchecked in schools, secret briefing reveals," by Duncan Gardham and Tom Whitehead in the Telegraph, December 31 (thanks to Raheem):

More than 100 independent faith schools may be radicalising
students, the Department of Education has warned in a secret memo which
admits that officials are struggling to tackle extremism in state and
private schools.

Michael Gove, the education secretary, was one of the key voices
calling for a ban on support for non-violent extremism when it published
its Prevent strategy to fight radicalisation last year.

But behind closed doors there are concerns about 118 “socially
conservative” independent faith schools - the vast majority of them
Muslim - where pupils may be encouraged to cut themselves off from
mainstream society.

Ministers have been told they do not have “detailed information”
about the religious orientation of the groups and movements behind all
independent faith schools.

And officials have privately admitted that they also have no
system in place to identify institutional extremism in state schools, the Daily Telegraph has learned.

They say there is also “a gap between what we think we know and what
we can prove” because they cannot use undercover methods open to
journalists.

From January, the Independent School Standards will require a respect
for “fundamental British values” including democracy, the rule of law,
individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with
different faiths and beliefs.

Ofsted has not yet trained its inspectors in how to enforce such
standards but it is introducing a “specialist cadre” of inspectors to
look at faith schools as part of a planned “prioritised inspection
programme.”

However, the education department has admitted in briefings that it
can only look at the “ethos” of independent schools, rather than how
they are actually run.And the department says it has failed to measure the mindset in state
schools because it cannot work out how to “detect” extremism or a
“baseline” to start from.

Of course it can't work this out, because it is institutionally
committed to the idea that Islam is a Religion of Peace and Tolerance.
Yet "extremism" is rooted in the Qur'an and Sunnah, i.e. in the core
texts and teachings of Islam. But they can't admit that, because that
would show up the absurdity and falsehood of their Religion of Peace
dogma. They can't focus on what is taught from the Qur'an in these
schools, for that would explode their core assumptions. So they cast
about in vain for some other way to "detect" "extremism."

In the state sector, officials are only able to look at data
where pupils are referred to a project called Channel, designed to help
them move away from extremism.
But there are concerns that the measure is unreliable as some schools with problems may not have made any referrals.

Two teaching assistants in state schools have been involved
in terrorism – Mohammed Sidique Khan, the leader of the July 7 bombers
in Leeds, and Zahoor Iqbal, who helped a man planning to kidnap and
execute a British soldier in Birmingham.

Religious schools are the fastest growing sector of independent schools with 80 new registrations a year.

Among “schools of interest” are three run by the Islamic Shaksiyah
Foundation in Haringey, North London and Slough, Berks. Reports have
claimed the foundation is run by senior members and activists of Hizb
ut-Tahrir, an extremist political group that campaigns for an Islamic
state.

The school said they had been reassured by the Department for
Education that they have “no concerns about extremism in our schools”
and said there was “no involvement of Hizb-ut-Tahrir activists on the
board of the foundation.”

Another school, the Alif Academy in Forest Gate, East London, is also
on the list. The local council has raised concerns about links with
Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Hasib Hikmat, the head teacher, said he was “shocked” [shocked! -- ed.]
by the allegations because the Department of Education had registered
his school in 2011 and dealt with it “professionally and responsibly.”

Another causing concern is the Darul Uloom school in Birmingham, associated with the missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, where an undercover documentary recorded children being taught a hardline version of Islam that criticised Hindus and Jews.

The document also mentions a proposal to set up a school attached to
the Central Mosque in Rochdale, called Darul Ilm, which is also
associated with Tablighi Jamaat.

Neither responded to requests for comment.

The briefing document also highlights an application to set up a private school at the Green Lanes Mosque in Birmingham, which has links to fundamentalist “salafi” Muslims in Pakistan, and where another undercover documentary filmed preachers speaking out against homosexuals and non-Muslims.

The mosque said the school would be run by a separate board of
trustees who “have not engaged, or promoted any sort of extremist
related activity or otherwise” and who were addressing issues raised by
the DfE.

To add to the problems the education department faces, included in
the list of “socially conservative” schools also those run by Orthodox
Jews and the fundamentalist Christian sect the Plymouth Brethren.

What politically correct nonsense. As if Orthodox Jews and Plymouth
Brethren were going to hatch a plot akin to the 7/7 bombings. The
Department of Education ought to be ashamed of itself for besmirching
both by including them in this report. But here again, this comes from
their anxiety to pretend that this isn't a problem with Islam
specifically.

A Department for Education spokesman said Ofsted inspectors
would not go out specifically to look for extremism but added: “Ofsted
is working to ensure all inspectors have the necessary knowledge and
expertise to determine whether extremist beliefs are being promoted in a
school and then to take appropriate action.”

The government’s counter-radicalisation strategy, called “Prevent”
warned last year that some people who are supportive of terrorist groups
and ideologies had “sought and sometimes gained positions in schools or
in groups which work closely with young people.”

The report warned that at least three separate al-Qaeda-related
operations had involved people who became involved in extremism while
they were at school, including July 7 and the trans-Atlantic airlines
plot.

Eleven of the convictions for terrorism-related offences associated
with al-Qaeda had been committed by people aged between 15 and 19, it
added.

The youngest person convicted of terrorism-related offences
was Hammaad Munshi, who was 15 when he was arrested carrying two small
bags of ball bearings, a key component of a suicide vest, on his way
home from his GCSEs at Westborough High School in Dewsbury.

The strategy also reported that a minority of independent faith
schools had been “actively promoting views that are contrary to British
values, such as intolerance of other cultures and gender inequality” and
had “allowed extremist views to be expressed by staff, visitors or
pupils.”

The document said there had been concerns that madrassahs –
after-school religious classes attached to mosques - were promoting a
highly conservative version of Islam and spreading extremist views,
particularly against non-Muslims. It estimated that 100,000 Muslim
children attended such schools.

For the Telegraph, it's a "conservative" version of Islam that
promotes "extremist views...against non-Muslims," and "conservative"
non-Muslims who oppose the spread of that version of Islam.

Robert SpencerSource: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/01/uk-islamic-schools-teaching-hatred-of-non-muslims-turning-out-jihad-terrorists.htmlCopyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.